Multiple issues with latest Android SDK

I tried to compile an APK using python-for-android for the first time, using the Kivy Virtual Machine.

I have updated python-for-android to the latest github version (commit 8829312fd187121384939627ec09354657821ae9) to avoid the “Invalid or unsupported command list” error.

Since then, I faced two additional issues:

1. Build fail at ant call because android-sdk/tools/ant/build.xml does not exist anymore in latest releases of Android SDK. The only workaround I have found was to install an older SDK version prior to this change, such as android-sdk-r25.2.5. See here, here and here.

Example error:

BUILD FAILED	
/home/kivy/.local/share/python-for-android/dists/unnamed_dist_2/build.xml:93: Cannot find /home/kivy/android/android-sdk/tools/ant/build.xml imported from /home/kivy/.local/share/python-for-android/dists/unnamed_dist_2/build.xml	

1. The build of Java classes is done with enforcement of v1.5 (-source 1.5), but kivy/android/PythonService.java includes a multi-catch statement that works only from v1.7 onwards.

Example error:

[INFO]:    STDOUT (last 20 lines of 79):                                       
		
-pre-compile:	
	
-compile:	
    [javac] Compiling 22 source files to /home/kivy/.local/share/python-for-android/dists/unnamed_dist_1/bin/classes	
    [javac] warning: [options] source value 1.5 is obsolete and will be removed in a future release	
    [javac] warning: [options] target value 1.5 is obsolete and will be removed in a future release	
    [javac] warning: [options] To suppress warnings about obsolete options, use -Xlint:-options.	
    [javac] /home/kivy/.local/share/python-for-android/dists/unnamed_dist_1/tmp-src/org/kivy/android/PythonService.java:107: error: multi-catch statement is not supported in -source 1.5	
    [javac]             } catch (NoSuchMethodException | IllegalAccessException |	
    [javac]                                            ^	
    [javac]   (use -source 7 or higher to enable multi-catch statement)	
    [javac] 1 error	
    [javac] 3 warnings	
	
BUILD FAILED	
/home/kivy/android/android-sdk-r25.2.5/tools/ant/build.xml:716: The following error occurred while executing this line:	
/home/kivy/android/android-sdk-r25.2.5/tools/ant/build.xml:730: Compile failed; see the compiler error output for details.	

I’m stuck at this point, as I could not locate where the v1.5 enforcement takes place.

[lrq3000]

@defacto133 Thanks a lot! I did not think to look inside ant/build.xml !

I fixed it by replacing:

<property name="java.target" value="1.5" />
<property name="java.source" value="1.5" />

by:

<property name="java.target" value="7" />
<property name="java.source" value="7" />

And now it works! I got no additional error, the APK was compiled alright!

However, it works only with --bootstrap=webview, if I try to use pygame or sdl2 I get the errors described here: https://github.com/kivy/python-for-android/issues/1191#issuecomment-354580017

Would it be possible to fix these? Why are these assets required even though I don’t use them?

[inclement]

Closing as stale, everything seems to be working fine right now.